Whites man of the moment believes he has a a golden chance to once again soar as a
Super Eagle

Winner: Sone Aluko

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lol



coming thursday night you guys should come pick me at the airport... Hope you will be less busy sha?

Klexycole take note.

Noted

joseph1013:


The tone of this article shows the hand of Solace Chukwu. As much as I like him, he is like goodjoe, when he likes a player he likes him, when he doesn't, he doesn't. He doesn't like Ekong and he is always criticizing him unfairly. Someone who thinks Ekong's performance in the olympics was a fluke. For the life of me, that defence was solid and if not for the lapses in DMF, Algeria would not have scored. The chances Algeria had were from the lapses in the DMF.

I say that this nairaland thread is perhaps the best source of information about the Super Eagles on the net.

“Oyibo partner” “Oyibo Wall”.

TheSuperNerd:
Watching Eagles Play Under Rohr Is Like 94
All Over Again- Celestine Babayaro



Former Nigeria international Celestine Babayaro
has praised the Super Eagles style of play under
new manager Gernot Rohr saying it is provoking
memories of the glory days of Nigerian football.

Since his employment as coach of Nigeria, the
Franco-German coach has won all three games he has handled as coach, starting from the 1-0 win over Tanzania to the 2-1 and 3-1 win over Zambia and Algeria respectively.


Babayaro in an exclusive chat with
Owngoalnigeria.com said the success of Rohr in
the three games he has handled has proven
right, the assertions that foreign coaches are the best for Nigeria.


”The performances of the team under Rohr is a
strong proof that foreign coaches work best for
Nigeria. There’s an identity to the team and how
they play. It’s like watching the 94 Eagles all over again”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com.


”It is not rocket science but the team has
evolved under him. They play with a whole lot of
confidence and above all defensively they have
the mentality of the German defence. Very mean”.



Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/11/14/watching-eagles-play-under-rohr-is-like-94-all-over-again-celestine-babayaro/

aadvark:
This is undisputably the best thread of 2016

aadvark:
This is undisputably the best thread of 2016

Jefersoun:
That you can take to the bank any day of the week, including the 8 day if any.

Kog45:
Thanks for this accolades,this is an ex international giving kudos to the team but football analysts here are telling us different story.

If i may ask who among us here believe Eagles we have it easy in this group,beating Zambia at home and No 1 ranking team Algeria 3goals to 1,pls we need to take it softly when commenting on our players.

Some are saying Iheanacho should be bench,Moses minus two goals a flop,Iwobi not in d game,Ekong average,Onazi not good as DM,Omeruo not ok as RB,Akpeyi should not smell eagle's jersey again and Mikel had an average game,then who are d players that executed d match for God sake,we should be appreciative for once coz having 6 points in this dead group is not easy.

Kudos to d boys for doing us proud and to d house pls be objective when analyzing d team.This is a promising team going places even 94 squad didn't find it easy in W/C qualifying coz it took them d last match against Algeria b4 qualification was guaranteed.

terzurum5:
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AF Nigeria 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Africa Cameroon
How Algeria will qualify for World Cup at expense of Nigeria - Captain
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Algeria captain Carl Medjani has said he believes his team could still qualify for the 2018 World Cup at the expense of Nigeria.


The Desert Foxes are one of the leading teams in Africa and were widely tipped to win a “Group of Death”, which also has Cameroon and Zambia.


However, after two rounds of matches, they are bottom of the standings on a point.


“We can still qualify for the World Cup,” declared the 31-year-old Leganes midfielder.


“We need to win our remaining four matches and hope the Super Eagles lose a game before their final match in Algeria.”


Nigeria are runaway leaders of Group B with six points after two rounds of matches.


In August 2017, they will first play host to Cameroon, before they travel for the reverse fixture four days later.


Algeria, on the other hand, are bottom of the standings and they will face Zambia in Ndola in August and welcome the Chipolopolo days later.


In October, Nigeria host Zambia and Algeria will be away in Cameroon, before the qualifying series are rounded up on November 6 with the Eagles away in Algeria and Cameroon out in Zambia.

By Kola Daniel

africanfootball.com/news/663792/How-Algeria-will-qualify-for-World-Cup-at-expense-of-Nigeria-Captain
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klexycole:

Noted

Kayode

tbaba1234:
Loftus Cheek is injured, does that Mikel returns to the bench or will Conte look for another academy player?

tglobal:
Is there a start date for the 2019 AFCON qualifiers yet?

enomakos:
he will replace him with another academy player

Eagles goalkeeper Carl Ikeme

Jefersoun:
I get both side of the divide concerning Kelechi's performance. Ok, A -side wasn't satisfied with is performance, they want to see him perform just as he did for the U17. The B-side was satisfied with his performance because, the match went according to plan. He was able to attract some players to him, there by giving other of our players room to do the damage. But I belief we would all agree that we want to see him score and mesmerize his opponent, for him to be rated as one of the world best and be able to win awards. We know the Algerian defence are strong, but he is going to face a stronger defence in the league and world cup, so it would be good for us if he can improve. Going forward, if we are going to keep using him as our top 9, then he has to be more physical and imposing on his opponent. But sometimes the style of play the team adopts can determine how much he gets the ball.

Rohr

tbaba1234:


You raised exception to my criticism of him as if i was just singling him out.

TheSuperNerd:
Abeg... January is not far.... Mikel should leave as he's not wanted. No need holding unto to some false hope...

He's important to our quest for Russia 2018 qualification. In the long run, we need him playing regularly.

TheSuperNerd:
Well not yet.... CAF havent even done the draws for Afcon 2019 qualification series as Afcon 2017 is yet to be played.

But I'm guessing It may start in the international break of september 2018 after the World Cup in Russia (VERY UNLIKELY) OR may start in June next year and continue after Russia 2018 in the international windows of September, October and November.

#JustSaying

Oga Relax... I know you cant wait to see this team conquer Africa... Looolllll

Mickael2:


so you have never seen Iniesta in the defensive 3rd before? Is he a box to box or an Amf?

See, there is this classico, in Luis Enrique's first classico, Iniesta was the second to the last man, he lost possession there and they conceded, that does not mean that he was a box to box but he was the person defending then. This is football for God's sake not basketball, rigidity isn't another name for football. Just because you saw Mikel in our defensive third does not mean he wasn't playing as an AMF, he is the captain and he felt that we were under undue pressure and that was why he came back to offer support. Good captains do that a lot, some who are even strikers might be seen in such positions trying to offer guidiance and motivation, that's not rocket science but how can you even argue that Mikel was a box to box? Ok so your point now is that we were not playing with an AMF? then what's the point of playing a 4-2-3-1? Haba, the formation should have already told you what we are doing na. Go and watch that Germany vs Brazil match again, even Ozil was found in defensive 3rd sometimes, that's the meaning of GERMAN TOTAL FOOTBALL, and we have a german coach too. Onazi was the sitting DMF, except if you know better than Mikel who once said that Luiz was told to sit while he could roam forward.

TheSuperNerd:
Well not yet.... CAF havent even done the draws for Afcon 2019 qualification series as Afcon 2017 is yet to be played.

But I'm guessing It may start in the international break of september 2018 after the World Cup in Russia (VERY UNLIKELY) OR may start in June next year and continue after Russia 2018 in the international windows of September, October and November.

#JustSaying

Oga Relax... I know you cant wait to see this team conquer Africa... Looolllll

TheGoodJoe:


Team strategy. That is what matters. If Rohr wanted a mesmerizing performance from Nacho, he could easily ask him to drop deeper. That was not the plan. The plan was to keep the defenders of Algeria engaged and give room to the other players.

It worked. That is what matters. Mesmerizing is easy for Nacho. Done it for too long. Rohr knew what he was doing and it worked well.

As for Nacho, Guardiola is trying to make a Messi out of him. Give him time. We will prefer a false 9 scoring loads of goal than a trick pony receiving verbal accolades.